Captain Action was an action figure created in 1966, equipped with a wardrobe of costumes and facial masks allowing him to become Superman, Batman, Spider-Man, Captain America, Aquaman, the Phantom, The Lone Ranger, Flash Gordon, Buck Rogers, Sgt.
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In 1967, Captain Action proved popular enough to expand the line, adding a partner, Action Boy, and an enemy, Dr Evil, a blue skinned alien with large bug eyes and an exposed brain, wearing a modified Nehru suit and sandals.
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Since 2005 Captain Action Enterprises holds the licensing rights and has been producing an array of new merchandise, including statues, toys, comics, trading cards, collectibles and apparel.
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Comic book storyline had little to do with the toy concept, as some of the heroes licensed for use as costumes for the Captain Action doll were not owned and published by DC, therefore the ability to change into different characters was entirely dropped.
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Captain Action was given a real name of his own, Clive Arno, and was identified as a widowed archaeologist and museum curator, and was described as having located "the coins of power" in a buried city.
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Captain Action was now Miles Drake, a former Marine who discovers a cache of alien weaponry during the Vietnam War.
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The stories of the original Captain Action are told in the 1960s where the character is a costumed super spy.
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Moonstone planned on releasing Captain Action: Classified, which would tell stories of Captain Action's earliest adventures in the 1960s, but this did not happen.
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Third Captain Action novel titled Cry of the Jungle Lord, written by Jim Beard and Barry Reese, was released by Airship 27 in 2017.
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